Improvement in cloth bags



T. W. GRINTER.

Cloth Bag.

No. 164,549 Patentedlune15,l 875.

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v Attest. Inventor.

THE GRAPHIC C0.PNOTO 'LITPLSQGUH PARK PLKCEJLY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS W. GRINTER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOSEPHF. JEWETT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN CLOTH BAGS.

Specification formin part of Letters Patent No. 164,549, dated June 15,1875 application filed May 1, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. GRINTER, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Satchel-Bottomed Cloth Bags, of which the following is aspecification My invention relates to the manufacture of that class ofbags usually stitched by hand or sewing-machines, and which are designedfor holding grain, flour, and various other articles. Its object islikewise to form a satchel bottom to seamless or other previously-formedbags.

When the ordinary sack is filled it has a bottom ofa rounded form, andrequires a support to keep it in an upright position. The corners alsoproject outward into a point, thereby giving it an unshapely appearance,as well as rendering it more easy to be overturned.

The object of my invention is to provide a satchel-bottomed cloth bag,easy to be made, which will always be self-supporting, and that willalso have a smooth, square corner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a tube of cloth stitched atthe side, as in making an ordinary bag. Fig. 2 shows the manner offorming the bottom. Fig. 3 is a view of the sack when turned and readyfor use. Fig. 4. is a view of the bottom of the bag when distended inuse.

Ifirst stitch together a tube, A, of cloth, Fig. 1, by a side seam, a,as when making an ordinary bag. I then fold over diagonally a portion, Band B, of either side of the tube. Through these two folds or laps B andB I stitch the bottom scam 1), thereby making that seam and fasteningthose laps down to the bag at the same time, as shown in Fig. 2. Thefolds B and B may be turned over the whole length of the tube whenpreferable, and can be of any required width, according as the bottom isto be large or small.

If the bag has been previously made, I simply make the laps B and B, andfasten them down to the bottom of the bag.

After the bag has been made, I turn it, either by hand or over a former,into the shape shown in Fig. 3, which is a convenient form for printingand packing. I thus obtain, by a very simple process of manufacture, astrong satchel-bottomed bag, the value of which in all kinds of sacks iswell known.

I claim as my own invention- A satchel-bottomed cloth bag, made from atubular blank by doubling over diagonally a lap on each side of thebottom of the bag, and securing the laps by stitching across the ba gnear its bottom, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

THOMAS W. GRINTER. Witnesses:

GEORGE E. JEWETT, FRED. E. OOWING.

